Tesla K40m vs FirePro W600

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared FirePro W600 and Tesla K40m, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

FirePro W600
2012
2 GB GDDR5, 75 Watt
4.34

Tesla K40m outperforms W600 by an impressive 88% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the ranking675512
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation0.460.13
Power efficiency3.972.28
ArchitectureGCN 1.0 (2011−2020)Kepler (2012−2018)
GPU code nameCape VerdeGK110B
Market segmentWorkstationWorkstation
Release date13 June 2012 (12 years ago)22 November 2013 (11 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$599 $7,699

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

FirePro W600 has 254% better value for money than Tesla K40m.

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores5122880
Core clock speed750 MHz745 MHz
Boost clock speedno data876 MHz
Number of transistors1,500 million7,080 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)75 Watt245 Watt
Texture fill rate24.00210.2
Floating-point processing power0.768 TFLOPS5.046 TFLOPS
ROPs1648
TMUs32240

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 3.0 x16
Length163 mm267 mm
Width1-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsNoneno data

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory typeGDDR5GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount2 GB12 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit384 Bit
Memory clock speed1000 MHz1502 MHz
Memory bandwidth64 GB/s288.4 GB/s

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectors6x mini-DisplayPortNo outputs

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX12 (11_1)12 (11_1)
Shader Model5.15.1
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.21.2
Vulkan1.2.1311.1.126
CUDA-3.5

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

FirePro W600 4.34
Tesla K40m 8.16
+88%

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

FirePro W600 1671
Tesla K40m 3143
+88.1%

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 4.34 8.16
Recency 13 June 2012 22 November 2013
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 12 GB
Power consumption (TDP) 75 Watt 245 Watt

FirePro W600 has 226.7% lower power consumption.

Tesla K40m, on the other hand, has a 88% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 1 year, and a 500% higher maximum VRAM amount.

The Tesla K40m is our recommended choice as it beats the FirePro W600 in performance tests.


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